Example sentences of "can it [be] [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor can it be concluded that this state of affairs is anything other than unfair to residential workers and the institutions they serve in order to help young people . |
| 2 | Can it be demonstrated that what at first sight appears to be a paradigm case of indigenous , national forces dispossessing transnational corporations , is in fact a clear illustration of the emergence of the transnational capitalist class in Nigeria ? |
| 3 | Nor can it be denied that he has done nothing . |
| 4 | Nor can it be contended that this harsh judgement on Socrates was in any way typical of Athenian democracy 's attitudes towards its critics or even its enemies . |
| 5 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 6 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 7 | Still less can it be said that Jesus had a feminist interpretation of social realities . |
| 8 | Not since the nineteenth century can it be said that Parliament has made policy directly . |
| 9 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 10 | If , as we have been suggesting , the nature of data has much to do with the theoretical presuppositions which underlie their production , how can it be said that theories are tested by means of exposure to data ? |
| 11 | Nor can it be assumed that all parts of the biosphere have the same 14 C concentration . |
| 12 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
| 13 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all . |
| 14 | To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it . |
| 15 | Nor can it be assumed that Eadwine found new allies among the eastern Angles in c . |
| 16 | Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ? |
| 17 | Neither can it be assumed that a wife who is denied sexual autonomy will cease cohabitation . |
| 18 | Nor can it be assumed that all its invaders came directly from Scandinavia . |
| 19 | Similarly , if a person is able to accept supervision , how can it be argued that they are not able to consent to the medical arrangements given during it ? |
| 20 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
| 21 | As regards the third condition , can it be established that the provision of a company car for the company secretary is the normal commercial practice within that trade ? |
| 22 | Only by engaging in extreme forms of economic casuistry can it be claimed that such things can be supplied satisfactorily without the agency of government at either national or local level . |
| 23 | It should not be thought that Unionists enjoyed such a situation , for they certainly did not , but nor can it be suggested that they saw any real alternative , for in truth the basis of agreement on which parliamentary government " rested had all but broken down . |
| 24 | Can it be supposed that the Doomsday Book is the only sort of writing in which immortality is achieved ? |
| 25 | Can it be supposed that such a Balkanisation , extended on a world scale , would provide a stable or lasting political system ? |